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Quarterly Newsletter

4th Edition

May 2012

What’s news at Synergy

New Members

March

Tradex Construction Supplies - Geelong North, VIC

Ozbolt (Australian Bolt Supplies) - Heidelberg West, VIC

Member Relocations

Easter was a busy time for a few of our Members that chose

the long weekend to move into new locations.

Ballarat Bolts moved from 1101 Latrobe Street to their new

purpose built shop at 1129 Latrobe Street, Ballarat

The Building Connection have moved from 2/1 Geary Cres to

a new location just around the corner at 2/3 Expansion St,

Molendinar.

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New Suppliers

March ATP - Country Corporates

- Corporate Gifts, Merchandise, Uniforms

April Reid Construction Systems

- Concrete Anchoring, Reinforcement, Fastening

Binder Group

- Pipe Support, Hangers, Suspension Equipment

May plumBoss - Tube and Pipe Tools

Absolute Building Supplies

- Silvercell Insulation

Advansa

- Tuff Hardware, Jarrett Winches and Cranes

Trax Tools

- Air and Power Tools

Weldmaster

- Welding Equipment

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Supplier Leaving the Group

As of May 1st, Unicon Systems and CNC Fasteners

are no longer preferred suppliers to Synergy.

Your alternate Preferred Suppler for Unicon

products are Reid Construction and Actech

International. For the products supplied by CNC

Fasteners your alternate Preferred Suppliers are

Bremick or Macsim.

Engagement

Congratulations go out to our very own Selena

Beard, her partner Steven got down on bended knee

and proposed on an ominous Friday the 13th.

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Bulk Buys

Over the last 3 months we have done bulk buys on Stainless

Steel, Mild Steel, High Tensile, Civil, Yato and Threaded

Rod.

Coming up in the next few months are Purlins, Threaded

Rod, Yato, High Tensile and Safety. We are aiming to have

the safety bulk buy be our first to have promotional flyers to

go along with it. Remember that without your support, these

bulk buys will not go ahead, our target is $20,000 before we

send the orders through to the suppliers, anything under this

is not considered a bulk buy.

The Synergy warehouse still has stock of caulking and barrel

guns, these are a fantastic price which will create great

margin for you.

There is also a limited quantity of Ramset 101C still

available from Synergy.

If you would like to purchase any of these items please

contact us at support@synergysystems.com.au

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March/April/May Supplier Specials Brochure

May is the last month for the Supplier Specials brochure,

launched at the February Members Meeting. There are a

limited number still available, if you would like another

carton, or 2, please email support@synergysystems.com.au

and we’ll get them out to you.

2012 Catalogue

Stock is still available of the 2012 Catalogue, if you would

like to purchase more they are bundled in boxes of 16 for

$48 per box. Please email support@synergysystems.com.au

to place your order.

Training

March saw Perry conduct sales training with the whole CDA

team at their conference held in Port Macquarie. He also

visited the team at Global Fasteners in Cairns. His training

was well received by all attendees, the new guys and old

hands alike all agreed that they gained something from it.

If you would like to have the Synergy Team provide training

to your team on Sales or Micronet please contact Perry or

Paul to discuss your requirements.

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Members Meeting - February 2012

The Marque Hotel in the city of Brisbane was our venue of

choice. Thursday morning kicked off with morning tea and a

presentation from Perry and Paul on how Synergy uses data

to benefit all members, if you would like more information on

the Synergy database please contact Paul.

We followed this up with a workshop session with a variety

of topics including Bulk Buys, Indent and Supplier Feedback.

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Workshop Outcomes

Bulk Buys - some of the products named as having potential

for bulk buys:

Safety - Gloves, Glasses, Earplugs etc

Ratchet Straps, Tie Downs, Slings

Batteries

Purlins

Indent - some of the products named as having potential for

Indent and perhaps Co-brand of Synergy brand

Silicones - Fill Gap, No Nails etc…

Square Mouth Shovels

Ladders

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Supplier Feedback

Any group issues to be addressed to Suppliers by Perry

Mid Afternoon Thursday saw Powers Fasteners presenting to

us. They educated us on a lot of things including some of

their Product Initiatives.

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Thursday Night - Dinner and Gaming

Treasury Casino Thursday night kicked off with a beautiful seafood buffet in the

Map Room at the Treasury Casino followed by 4 rounds of

gaming, 2 each of Black Jack and Texas Hold ‘Em Poker.

Winners from each table won a trophy and $500 cash to play at

the tables at the casino, donated by Powers Fasteners. Everyone

agreed that the night was a great success.

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Congratulations to Ben McEntee (The Building Connection),

Craig Brown (Nut & Bolt - Dalby), Sharon Williams (SES

Bomond) and Amy Farrugia (T & R Fasteners), for taking

home the prizes.

We would like to thank Powers Fasteners for their continued

support of nights like this, without sponsors like them nights

like this would simply not be possible.

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Friday - the day after the night before

Friday saw a few sore heads and many tired bodies, but

everyone made it and all were keen to hear from all the

suppliers that were presenting today.

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Supplier Presentations - Morning

Austech Industries Septone Sika

Brett Hutchinson Rob O’Neill Simon Terrell

Erico Paslode

Rob Thorpe Tyrone Scott

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Guest Speaker - Barry Bull

Barry Bull - Musician, Record Company Executive, Small

Business Retailer, Author and Motivational speaker, gave us

a run down of his life story, how to adapt, evolve and change

in small business, as well as his motto of “No is Negotiable”

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Supplier Presentations - Afternoon

Peerless Products Bremick Fasteners

Andrew Healey George Technitis

Position Partners - Jason Barrett and Mike Ryan

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Friday Night - Members/Suppliers Dinner

We aim for a relatively informal evening but at the same time give

everyone an opportunity to meet as many people as possible, this time we

tried something a little new and different for us all by all moving tables

between courses. From the feedback we have received everyone was

happy with this arrangement and the opportunity that availed them to

catch up with old friends and make some new ones.

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We also had a few formalities to conduct by way of

presentations of awards to some of our Preferred Suppliers.

Members awards were based on the Feedback Forms we had

you fill out prior to the Members Meeting, three suppliers shone

out above the rest on their overall Customer Service. The

award recipients were Powers Fasteners, Pferd and Hobson

Engineering.

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Awards from Synergy were based on the numbers, and the

overall support to Synergy and it’s Members.

#1 Preferred Supplier for Support to Synergy

Powers Fasteners

#1 Preferred Supplier for % Growth

Hobson Engineering

#1 Preferred Supplier for $ Turnover

Bremick Fasteners

Sergeant At Arms

During the 2 days at the Members Meeting most of us got hit

with fines for one thing or another from our very diligent

Sergeant At Arms - Paul Phillips. We raised $325 for Camp

Quality.

2012 Members Meeting - THANKYOU

We must say a huge thankyou to everyone that attended the

2012 Synergy Members Meeting. Without the Sponsoring

Suppliers these meetings are just not possible, and without our

Members supporting the suppliers, contributing to the

discussions and showing interest and enthusiasm in actually

meeting and networking with each other, the meetings are

pointless, so THANKYOU...we look forward to seeing you all in

Cairns in August for the 2012 Annual Synergy Conference and

Trade Show.

2012 Annual Synergy Conference and Trade Show

- Building Stronger Relationships

By now you should have August 15-19th marked in your

calendar for the Trade Show and Conference being held in

Cairns. Supplier Invites have been out for about a month and

we’ve already had a great response, with the top 2 packages

having already been snapped up.

It won’t be long before Cheryl starts harassing you for your

RSVP’s, thanks to those that have already sent them in, if you

have any questions about the Conference, or if you’ve

“misplaced” your invitation contact Cheryl and she’ll be happy

to help you out.

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Hints and Tips

Excel - Number Format Shortcuts

Ctrl + Shift + $ Currency Format (2 decimal places)

Ctrl + Shift + ~ General Number Format

Ctrl + Shift + % Percentage Format (no decimals)

Ctrl + Shift + # Date format ( day, month, year)

Ctrl + Shift + ! Number format (2 decimals)

Quote of the Quarter

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the

courage to continue that counts.”

- Sir Winston Churchill

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